HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC,
Bolivar, Md., September
15, 1862 – 10 a.m.
(Received 1.20 p.m.)
Major-General
HALLECK,
General-in- Chief, U. S. Army:
There are already about 700 rebel prisoners at Frederick,
under very insufficient guard, and I shall probably send in a larger number
to-day. It would be well to have them either paroled or otherwise disposed of,
as Frederick is an inconvenient place for them. Information this moment
received completely confirms the rout and demoralization of the rebel army.
General Lee is reported wounded and Garland killed. Hooker alone has over 1,000
more prisoners. It is stated that Lee gives his loss as 15,000. We are
following as rapidly as the men can move.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-general,
Commanding.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
19, Part 2 (Serial No. 28), p. 294-5
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